Jackpot!

One of the resale stores in my town was having a "bag" sale today....$5 for everything you can get in bag (standard plastic grocery bag). I got 2 bags of stuff (total of over $50 reg.resale priced--I added up all the tags)....including 2pr of jeans for Julia, shoes and sweater for Carlina, shoes for Anna, 2 pr of shoes for Thomas and 2 shirts for him, 4 outfits for Anna and scarf and socks for Julia. It was so much fun!!!!

Planning and menu...

Julia, Thomas, Anna and I went last night and picked Jesse up at work. We then met Debi at Texas Roadhouse to try out a weeknight special. That place was packed. Jesse and I shared a steak and each had a salad....yummy! Then we hit Walmart for $200 plus bucks! Ouch! I spend his entire paycheck in one day most time, lol! I got badly needed household stuff and stuff for 2 parties this weekend and also having Grandpa over for dinner on Friday. We are having friends over Saturday night and going to Debi's for a Super Bowl party on Sunday. Here is my menu for the week starting Feb !:

Mon-Chili and cornbread

Tues-cheesy pasta and peas

Wed-chicken pot pie

Thu-hamburgers and fries

Fri-Chunky chicken soup and rolls

Sat-Cashew beef stirfry

Sun-broccoli cheese soup and rolls

Simplicity is my hallmark!!!!

Recipes...

I have been scanning the net for recipes. I am so tired of most things that I make and am looking for new ideas. I am also trying to be more frugal and look for coupons. Fixing and cleaning up after meals is a huge part of my life and sometimes I am really discouraged about it. I love to bake but am trying to get more excited about the other parts of being in the kitchen.

Homeschooling...

Just finished R.C. Sproul jr.'s book "When You Rise Up...a Covenantal Approach to Homeshooling". Really made me think and really anxious to bring Alicia, Katie and Garrett back home. I am sad that I sent them back to school for 2 years, felt like it was a "cop-out" on my part, but what is done is done. Now I am trying to look to the future and I am excited about it. R.C. says the goal of education is to "know God". He stresses learning as a "conversation between parent and child". He says our goal is not to produce great athletes, learned scholars (not that this is bad) but Godly people. I am not judging you if you don't homeschool. This is about me and what is lying on my conscience.

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Secretive man...

Mommy "Garrett, what did you do in school today?"....Garrett "I don't remember". Mommy "Why can't you ever remember?" Garrett "If you want to know you'll just have to peek in the window and see what I'm doing".

Finished Lewis and Clark..

The Ken Burns Documentary is really excellent...that is the 3rd time I've watched it. So sad about the end of Lewis's life, though. Of course, it is all by God's grace and His hand that they made the journey and back and only lost one man. That is never mentioned by secularists but very evident.

For our next unit study project we are going to study the American Presidents, per Julia's wishes. I want to get the John Adam's documentary and watch that; heard it is really great.

I am trying to make it to the next paycheck, food wise...we are really getting creative with what is in our cupboards. I am trying to shop more frugally and need to avoid the quick trips to the little market in town. It is so handy and sometimes I find myself there every day!!

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